Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-16

Quoted Ivy him were attended by
many public men, both civilians
and soldiers, and his influence was
far-reaching Through the heat and
fever of the war;" says writer
of him, "he steered his pastoral
bark safely through the smooth waters
of a tranquil Christian faith. He be-
lieved firmly in the great doctrines of
the nation, and that however dark ap-
reared the national horizon, morning
of Joy would at length break upon the
night of heaviness, and the stormclouds
of war and hatred would, in Gods good
time, pass away" DIR. Hall always has
been Democrat. He took promi-
nent part in the campaign of 1884, and
was chairman of the great meeting in
Brooklyn at which ex-senator Thurman
was the principal speaker.
His theological views are those of a
devout thinker, loving his Church no
less that bis sympathies are broad and
his recognition of Christian brother
hood in those who differ from him in
denominational preference, ready and
cheerful. In the great welcome to DIR.
Talmage, after his return from Europe,
in 1885, DIR. Hall and his friend, Mr..
Beecher, were the principal speakers.
He attended a meeting convened to
honor the memory of the sanity
Unitarian, DIR. Charming. In his
own church he is at the head of
the Standing Committee of his
diocese. He received his degree of
d. d. in 1860 from three colleges at
the same time-Columbia College, New
York Hobart College, Geneva, and
st. James College, Maryland. His
principal published works are "Notes
on the Gospels" "The Church in the
Household" The Valley of the Sha-
dow" and a, book of devotions for
Holy Week. Dr. Hall preached q SER
mon Of great power on the occasion Of
President Lincoln's death. In October
of 1865 he published a discourse on
conscience in its Relations TO the
Duties of the Citizens of the State. I"
This was dedicated to Secretary Stan
ton. Many OF his sermons have been
published in the newspapers, and OF
his lectures and addresses most notably
perhaps his lecture on Thomas Jeffer-
son. The doctor is a useful citizen,
helpful IN promoting the public good.
As chaplain of the Twenty-third regi-
ment, directors of the Historical Society,
and in numerous other ways he shows
continuous interest in matters other
than those ecclesiastical and religious.
In personal appearance DIR. Hall is
of medium height. well proportional,
erect, and active. He gives an impress
sion of character and power. HIS man
neIs are courteous, self-possessed, and
dignified.
The great man at whose obsequies he
has Just officiated sketched his charac-
ter on the occasion already referred toy
Of a reception to DR.. Talmage upon his
return from Europe: " We. have present
with us distinguished citizen of Brook
lyn-a man not born in the North, but
connected in the North, without at the
same time locing that generous aud
impulsive nature which belongs TO
the southern character good, sound
man one whom his own denomination
stands second to none--sn honest, fear
less, upright, nanly'man. against whom
men car lean as against granite col
umn, and woe be TO the man on whom
that column falls" The Doctors do
mestic life is beautiful. OF six children
born 10 him, his present wife is the
mother of five.